Research and innovation
FORE’s new FSJD programme aims to ‘merge craftsmanship, CAD/CAM, and entrepreneurship to prepare students for global careers in jewellery design’.
Researchers and academics alleged lack of transparency in selection and complained that the PMRF fellowship is creating inequalities in the research environment.
IIT-Madras: Establishing itself as a global centre of excellence for developing disruptive material testing technology, the institute developed sensors that detect leaks in pipelines, tanks, bridges, and dams without tearing them down, to robots for ending manual scavenging.
ANRF PAIR scheme will fund 18 ‘hub’ institutes, including IIT Madras, Bombay, Delhi, JNU, and their 106 partners to boost interdisciplinary collaboration. VIT Vellore and MAHE Manipal are also hubs.
IIT Bombay research team and Semiconductor Laboratory jointly developed a semiconductor that aims to secure ‘electronic systems against unauthorised access.’
In a new study by IITB and Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, researchers found that intense heatwave events in March and April 2022 were driven by different atmospheric processes that compounded heatwave impacts.
The device uses wireless imaging to create near-accurate maps of indoor environments, with minimum reliance on pre-deployed infrastructure or limited physical access, the institute said.
Temperatures can swing from 121 degrees Celsius to -133 degrees Celsius in a single day and the Moon is also constantly hit by solar winds and meteorites, the research team at the IISc said.
MU: Persistent vacancies, a handful of new teaching and non-teaching posts, funding issues and leadership gaps put one of India’s oldest public universities in jeopardy
CSJMU plans to start new programmes, as well as distance learning and online courses; apart from PM USHA funds, it has raised Rs 50 lakh through its alumni
